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Emulation Project

First I created this map in CD3 and wanted to see if I could copy the look using Photoshop and Illustrator. I ask you all to take a look and give me some feedback on on the Photoshop/Illustrator version. Thanks.

I like it a lot, looks pretty darn good. I had thought about doing this once but I didn't even know where to start...something you have accomplished so kudos. I hope you do a tut for this.

If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)

I was torn for a few minutes, but I think I've decided that I prefer the Photoshop/Illustrator version, personally. The CC3 version looks a little bit cleaner, but I think the PS/ILL version looks much more artistic, while still sacrificing little legibility.

Not only brighter, the symbols are looking different as well. Compare them again

I didn't really look very closely until you said that. Now I see the difference, and the PS ones fit into the map a little better (IMO) The CC3 ones have a little sharper edges, which don't seem to fit with the rest of the map.

I still think that CC3 is a great tool, but I do know that if you have the time and ability that PS/Illustrator will give a little bit better results.